Re: DDR to different VOLSER
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How does one process an XMI file on VM/CMS (as opposed to MVS)?
Perhaps easiest is by first un-XMITing it on Windows or UNIX using one of the programs at ? or .
On "modern" (i.e. VM/SP and above from 1981 or so) CMS there is native support for the XMIT format. I would guess that something like that has been put into VM/CE, but I haven't used that VM so am not sure. (I *think* you're using VM/CE here...)
But in any case... As far as I can see the CLIP in CBT file 846 runs on z/OS (or maybe older MVS) only.
Another choice is to use the standalone (IPLable) editor at .
ZZSA has many other uses. It's "free as in free beer", i.e. not open source, and is also a bit fiddly to install. I'm not sure if there is a 370Arch version.
There is also IBM's ICKDSF, which is much more modern than VM/370, and IIRC was a no-fee program product that runs on pretty much all IBM OSs. It's around somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Someone will tell you.
And finally the "right" way is that VM/370 has a native program DMKFMT to change a volser and do other related stuff. Note that it's not a CMS command. It's described in the VM/370 Service Programs chapter of the VM/370 Operators Guide.The VM/370 version of DMKFMT is a standalone IPLable card deck/image that you IPL in (typically) a virtual machine or (less often in the real world, but commonly enough on Hercules) a "real" machine.
You want to use the FORMAT command with the LABEL option. Unfortunately the FORMAT command can also format a disk, so read up on the syntax carefully, and make 200% sure you are labelling the right disk!
Tony H.
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